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Planning Commission

Meeting Agenda

for March 25 , 2010

Commission Members

Anna Molander Jameel Pugh James Frayne
Jon Bagatelos Joseph Contreraz Joseph Yee, AIA, Vice Chair
Michael Mendez, MCP Michael Notestine, Chair Panama Bartholomy
Philip Harvey Rommel Declines  

City Staff

Greg Bitter, Principal Planner
Sabina Gilbert, Senior Deputy City Attorney

New City Hall
915 I Street, 1st Floor- Council Chambers

March 25, 2010- 5:30 P.M.

 

The City Planning Commission was created by the City Council. Its powers and duties include: to develop and maintain the General Plan; to make recommendations to the City Council on amendments to the General Plan and the City’s zoning code and on zoning changes; to act upon applications for tentative subdivision maps, special permits and variances; and to make environmental determinations associated with these actions.

Notice to the Public

You are welcomed and encouraged to participate in this meeting. Public comment is taken (3 minutes maximum) on items listed on the agenda when they are called. Public Comment on items not listed on the agenda will be heard at the end of the meeting as noted on the agenda. Comments on controversial items may be limited and large groups are encouraged to select 3-5 speakers to represent the opinion of the group.

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The order of agenda items is for reference; agenda items may be taken in any order deemed appropriate by the Commission. The agenda provides a general description and staff recommendations; however, the Commission may take action other than what is recommended. The agenda is available for public review on the Friday prior to the meeting. Hard copies of the agenda, synopsis, and staff reports are available from the Community Development Department at 300 Richards Boulevard, 3rd Floor (25 cents per page), during regular business hours or can be downloaded at www.cityofsacramento.org/dsd.

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Agenda

All items listed are heard and acted upon by the Planning Commission unless otherwise noted.

Call to Order - 5:30

Roll Call

Consent Calendar
All items listed under the Consent Calendar are considered and acted upon by one motion. Anyone may request that an item be removed for separate consideration.

  1. Approval of Minutes for March 11, 2010
    Location:     
    Citywide
    Recommendation
    Approve Commission minutes from March 11, 2010.
    Contact:  Greg Bitter, Principal Planner, 916-808-7816

    Attachments:
    March 11, 2010 Minutes
  2. P07-092      Homecoming at Creekside Gates
    Location:    4800, 4840, 4851 Kokomo Drive, 225-1780-008-0000, 225-1780-009-000, 225-1780-013-0000, District 1
    Recommendation: Receive and File - Applicant’s report of crime rates at an existing multi-family residential development one year after new vehicular and pedestrian gates were installed.
    Contact: David Hung, Associate Planner, 916-808-5530; Lindsey Alagozian, Senior Planner, 916-808-2659

    Attachments:
    Staff Report

Director's Report

  1. Director's Report
    Location:     
    Citywide
    Recommendation
    Receive and File - Status report on pending development applications and appeals; proposed amendments to Zoning Code, design standards, and other development-related regulations; Community Development Department organizational and operational changes, work program, and training program; and similar matters
    Contact:  Greg Bitter, Principal Planner, 916-808-7816

Public Hearings
Public hearings may be reordered by the Chair at the discretion of the Committee. If you challenge the decision of this Commission you may be limited to raising only those issues that are raised in this hearing or in written correspondence received by the agency prior to the hearing.

  1. P09-047       North Laguna Creek Park Telecommunications Co-location Clearwire (Continued from 3/11/10)
                           (Noticed on 3/1/10)

    Location:     6400 Jacinto Avenue, 117-0160-032-0000, District 8
    Recommendation: Approve - Item A: Environmental Exemption (Per CEQA 15301); Item B: Special Permit-Antennas/Wireless. A request to place an antenna array comprising three (3) antennas, three BTS units (signal enhancement devices), and three microwave dish antennas atop an existing PG&E transmission tower located in North Laguna Creek Park. The associated telecommunications equipment would be placed at the tower’s base within a fence enclosed 100 sq. ft. lease area.
    Contact: Kimberly Kaufmann-Brisby, Associate Planner, 916-808-5590; Lindsey Alagozian, Senior Planner, 916-808-2659

    Attachments:
    Staff Report
    Exhibit

  2. P09-055       Digital Billboard Project – A request to rezone a parcel from Agriculture (A) to Light Industrial (M-1)
                       and a relocation agreement for future electronic message billboards on city owned property
                       (Noticed on 3/1/10 and 3/15/10)
    Location:      Site 1: North side of I-80, east of Northgate Boulevard and adjacent to the Western Pacific RR line and west of Pell Drive (Highway 80 site), 237-0031-036-0000, District 2; Site 2: North of Business 80 at Fulton Avenue (3630 Fulton Avenue), 254-0310-002-0000, District 2; Site 3: West side of HWY 99, South of Mack Road across from Kaiser Hospital, 117-0170-067-0000, District 8; Site 4: West of Interstate 5 at 240 Jibboom Street, 001-0190-015-0000,     District 1
    Recommendation: Forward Recommendation of Approval to City Council - Item A: Environmental Determination: Mitigated Negative Declaration; Item B: Mitigation Monitoring Plan; Item C: Rezone of approximatley 1.1 gross acres of of Agricultural (A) to the Light Industrial (M-1) zone; Item D: Billboard Relocation Agreement to remove and relocate existing billboards in order to construct four new electronic message billboards on four separate city owned properties.
    Contact: Sandra Yope, Senior Planner, 916-808-7158; Joy Patterson, Principal Planner, 916-808-5607

    Attachments:
    Staff Report
    Mitigated Negative Declaration
  1. P10-004        Park Place Shopping Center Detached Signage (Noticed on 3/15/10)      
    Location:      Northwest corner of Del Paso Road and Natomas Boulevard, 225-0040-092-0000, 225-0040-093-0000, 225-0040-094-0000, District 1
    Recommendation: Approve - Item A: Environmental Exemption (Per CEQA 15061 (b)(3)); Item B: Planned Unit Development Guidelines Amended to amend signage guidelines for the Northborough Planned Unit Development.
    Contact: David Hung, Associate Planner, 916-808-5530; Lindsey Alagozian, Senior Planner, 916-808-2659

    Attachments:
    Staff Report
    Exhibit
    Arials

  2. P10-011         Verge Gallery and Studio Project (Noticed on 3/10/10 and 3/15/10)
    Location:        625 S Street, 009-0061-026-000, District 4
    Recommendation: Approve – Item A: Environmental Exemption (Per CEQA 15301); Item B: Special Permit-Non-Conforming Use - Change from warehouse use to an art gallery, classroom, and artist work studios in the RMX-SPD zone; Item C: Special Permit-Parking Reduction to waive onsite parking spaces for new commercial use.
    Contact: Evan Compton, Associate Planner, 916-808-5260: Stacia Cosgrove, Senior Planner, 916-808-7110

    Attachments:
    Staff Report

Staff Reports
Staff reports include oral presentations including those recommending Receive and File.

  1. Sub-Committee Report Back on Rules and Procedures and Related Items
    Location: Citywide
    Recommendation: Review and Comment.
    Contact: Sabina Gilbert, Senior Deputy City Attorney, 808-5346

Public Comments - Matters not on the Agenda

  1. None.

Questions, Ideas and Announcements of Commission Members

  1. To be announced.


Adjournment

 

          
            

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